The Stone Roses - Second Coming [1994](sidthefish)

Second Coming is an album released on December 5, 1994 in the UK and early 1995 in the US by The Stone Roses. The album was released on Geffen Records. It went platinum in the UK. The album was dedicated to Philip Hall, the band's publicist, who died of cancer in 1994. It was recorded in Forge Studios in Oswestry in 1993.



1. "Breaking Into Heaven" (Squire) 11:21

2. "Driving South" (Squire) 5:09

3. "Ten Storey Love Song" (Squire) 4:29

4. "Daybreak" (Brown/Mounfield/Squire/Wren) 6:33

5. "Your Star Will Shine" (Squire) 2:59

6. "Straight To the Man" (Brown) 3:15

7. "Begging You" (Squire/Brown) 4:56

8. "Tightrope" (Squire) 4:27

9. "Good Times" (Squire) 5:40

10. "Tears" (Squire) 6:50

11. "How Do You Sleep" (Squire) 4:59

12. "Love Spreads" (Squire) 5:46

13?89 Untitled silent tracks 0:04

90. Untitled track, generally referred to as "The Foz" (Brown/Mounfield/Squire/Wren) 6:26

91?99 Untitled silent tracks 0:04



The second album by the influential Manchester four-piece, it suffered greatly at the time from the sheer weight of expectation generated by both the 5? year gap between it and the band's eponymous debut and the band's withdrawal from the live arena for 4? of those years.



Second Coming features tribal rhythms, 1970s-style extended guitar riffs, funky rock/blues numbers with jazz elements and campfire style songs such as "Your Star Will Shine" and "Tightrope" that hint at the bands rural surroundings at the time (the band moved to Wales to make the album). As the line-up began to crumble, three singles ("Love Spreads", "Ten Storey Love Song", and "Begging You") from the album were released in the UK



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